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Title: Can anyone help identify this chip?
Post by: Godye Scaro X9 on July 20, 2014, 09:41:02 AM
Does anyone know what this is? I believe it was found inside a laptop.

Front:

http://s11.postimg.org/3kvzij5xv/chip.jpg

Rear:

http://s2.postimg.org/y00szz355/chop.jpg


Title: Re: Can anyone help identify this chip?
Post by: Lethn on July 20, 2014, 11:03:11 AM
What kind of chip is it? PC? Something else? Also the long numbers in the empty spaces tend to be model numbers so you can locate the exact chip elsewhere.

Hmm, someone else more knowledgeable will be able to help you search for it :P I've not seen the company names before and they aren't showing up on google.


Title: Re: Can anyone help identify this chip?
Post by: Swordsoffreedom on July 20, 2014, 11:28:07 AM
What kind of chip is it? PC? Something else? Also the long numbers in the empty spaces tend to be model numbers so you can locate the exact chip elsewhere.

Hmm, someone else more knowledgeable will be able to help you search for it :P I've not seen the company names before and they aren't showing up on google.

The chip brand is agere systems so its an American Chip
I believe it would be from 2002-2007 when they got merged into LSI
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agere_Systems

Not sure what the model number is though but someone else might be able to figure the rest out my best guess is a modem or macbook
http://macbook.donderklumpen.de/coreboot/


Title: Re: Can anyone help identify this chip?
Post by: Lethn on July 20, 2014, 11:33:31 AM
Nice find! No wonder I didn't know! I was 12 or something then :P


Title: Re: Can anyone help identify this chip?
Post by: Bizmark13 on July 20, 2014, 11:38:52 AM
Agere Athens Modem AM2

It's a laptop modem. Probably worth about $5-10.


Title: Re: Can anyone help identify this chip?
Post by: Justin00 on July 20, 2014, 01:49:31 PM
Everyone is lying to you.
It is an NSA chip used to grab your data and turn on your webcam when you are getting changed. Advise you burn laptop and stop getting changed infront of it.

Just kidding.. they can't really grab data... its just to turn on your webcam remotely.


Title: Re: Can anyone help identify this chip?
Post by: Swordsoffreedom on July 21, 2014, 05:05:16 AM
Everyone is lying to you.
It is an NSA chip used to grab your data and turn on your webcam when you are getting changed. Advise you burn laptop and stop getting changed infront of it.

Just kidding.. they can't really grab data... its just to turn on your webcam remotely.

I guess Justin knows best he must have a lot of these chips lying around his place ^_^
You never know when a cute girl will need help with a computer (Now I understand your avatar  ;)) It's like comon comon XD.

And nice bizmark can you get a pic think thats right since it meets all the info the chip provided.


Title: Re: Can anyone help identify this chip?
Post by: ThomasCrowne on July 21, 2014, 08:31:45 AM
no idea what it does but i'm betting you have an urge to slap a heat sink on that bad boy dontcha?


Title: Re: Can anyone help identify this chip?
Post by: vm1990 on July 21, 2014, 09:12:00 AM
Yep looks like a modem card as for the chip its self from the blurry picture looks like voltage regulator


Title: Re: Can anyone help identify this chip?
Post by: zetaray on July 21, 2014, 09:20:58 AM
The component labeled "301Q" is a mini transformer. It is very likely to be a modem card.


Title: Re: Can anyone help identify this chip?
Post by: meadefreling on August 22, 2014, 09:55:41 AM
It appears to be an automatic  webcam remote chip.


Title: Re: Can anyone help identify this chip?
Post by: cisahasa on August 22, 2014, 02:42:05 PM
sorry, u cant mine bitcoin with it